Stars Of Tomorrow
Screen presents the Stars of Tomorrow 2011 -- talent destined to shine on the international stage. These rising actors, directors and writers were selected and profiled by Fionnuala Halligan.Actors
Alexandra Roach
A regular on Welsh TV soap Pobol Y Cwm from the age of 11 to 18, Alexandra Roach graduated from RADA last year after four years there (she had to repeat a year due to a back injury) and is still training with acting coach Dee Cannon.
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
In Rebecca Daly’s The Other Side Of Sleep, a Directors’ Fortnight title at Cannes, Antonia Campbell-Hughes gives an intense, internalised performance as a young girl who sleepwalks her way into a murder in a small Irish town.
Daniel Sharman
After finishing Tarsem Singh’s Immortals earlier this year — he plays Ares, trouble-making son of Zeus — Daniel Sharman took some time off.
Douglas Booth
London-born Douglas Booth landed an agent when he was 15, when actors are still subject to child labour laws.
Elliot Knight
There was a UK-wide casting process for the title role in Sinbad, Sky 1 TV’s 2012 tentpole drama that seemed to involve every agent in the country. Finally, after a few false starts, came the news: unknown Birmingham-born actor Elliot Knight had landed the role, and will spend the next eight months in Malta filming the 13-episode series.
Georgia King
Audiences will soon see Georgia King playing opposite Michelle Ryan and Harry Treadaway in Matthias Hoene’s London-set CockneysVs Zombies.
Joe Cole
The 22-year-old actor-writer Joe Cole came up through the National Youth Theatre (NYT) — “I did it for a bit of fun,” says the London native. “School hadn’t worked out for me; I didn’t have great expectations.”
John Boyega
In the few short months since Attack The Block screened at SXSW, things have changed for Peckham-born John Boyega.
Joshua Bowman
Joshua Bowman is about to become well-known in the US, and he would like to repeat that in the UK.
MyAnna Buring
Sweden-born and UK-raised, MyAnna Buring (pronounced ‘Me-Anna’) hit the ground running on graduation from LAMDA with a prominent role in Neil Marshall’s 2005 horror film The Descent.
Phoebe Fox
“I have to admit to being smitten by… Phoebe Fox,” said The Daily Telegraph’s Charles Spencer of RADA’s sought-after 2010 graduate.
Richard Madden
Richard Madden is on his way. Now appearing in Channel 4’s Sirens, a six-part comedy-drama about three paramedics, he is also part of HBO’s Game Of Thrones ensemble and has signed on for the second series from July.
Robert Emms
A year ago, LAMDA-trained Robert Emms did not see himself in film. “I just wanted to be one of those actors who works at the National Theatre the whole time,” he says.
Sebastian Armesto
Having just finished Rocket To The Moon at London’s National Theatre, Sebastian Armesto is becoming increasingly visible.
Toby Regbo
Still only 19, Londoner Toby Regbo first made an indelible impression as the young Nemo in Jaco Van Dormael’s Mr Nobody.
Alan Parker & Arjun Rose
The celebrated writer and director of some 14 films including Bugsy Malone, Mississippi Burning and Evita talks to the young film-maker who made his first film in 18 days about the importance of time, titles and trust.
Joe Cornish & Charles Henri Belleville
The director of Attack The Block and co-writer of Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures Of Tintin tells the young film-maker behind The Inheritance what he learned from making his first theatrical feature
Class of 2010: where are they now?
Stars of Tomorrow, today. Screen catches up with the blossoming careers of some of last year’s alumni, including Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay and Claire Wilson, who is writing Oliver Twist contemporary retelling Twist for Ruby Films and Rocket Pictures.
Stars of Tomorrow 2011 photos
Stars were photographed at London’s Club at the Ivy in June 2011. All photos by Adam Scourfield.
